Labicliea.] XL. LEGUMiNoSiE. 



293 



ui. long, coriaceous, with a pungent point. Eacemes loose, often as long as 

 the leaves. Sepals 5, the outer ones 5 lines long, the innermost rather shorter 

 and more petal-like. Petals 5, rather longer than the calyx, nearly orbicular. 

 Anthers incurved, one oblong-linear, the other much longer and polllniferous 

 at the base only. Ovary silky-pubescent, with 2 ovules. Pod not seen, but 

 represented in Gaudichaud's figure like that of the other species, except that 

 there is no swelling of the funicle.— Gaud, in Freyc. Voy. 485, t. 112; 

 L tephrosiwfoUa, Meissn. in Bot. Zeit. 1855, 12. 



W.Australia, Sharks' Bay, Gaudichdud ; between Moore and Murchison rivers, 

 Brummond, Uh Coll. n, 7. 



2. L. nitida, BentiL A rigid shrub, With divaricate slightly pubescent 



branches. Leaflets usually 5, digitate, without a common p"etiole, from obo- 



v^Ue-oblon'g to elliptical, obtuse with a pungent poi^t, coriaceous and shining 



above, the central one |- to 1 in. long, the lateral ones smaller, all shortly pe- 



tiolulate. Eacemes short and loose. Flowers much larger than in L. rajjes- 



Ms. Sepals 5, about 4 lines long. Petals 5, the lower ones fiitly |-'in.long, 



the upper ones rather smaller. One anther at least half as long again as 



the other. Ovary very villous, Avith 3 ovules m both the flowers examined, 

 J^od not seen.- 



N. Australia, t^ctona river, B0oe: 

 Queensland, Burdekin Exj>edHion, 



3. L, laiiceolata, Benth. in Hueg. Entm. 41. An erect glabrtus shrub, 

 ot 6 ft. or more. Leaflets sometimes all or mostly solitary, from narrow-ob- 

 long to lancteolate or linear, obtuse or acute, with a pungent point, H to 4 

 "v , S' coriaceous and shining, on a petiolule of 1 to 2 lines, at the base of 

 which are occasionally 1 or 2 very small leaflets ; in other specimens the cen- 

 ti'al leaflet is much smaller, and there are 1 or 2 less disproportionate ones 

 on each side. Kacemes loose, nearly as long as the leaves. Sepals 4, about 

 * lines long. Petals 4, longer than the calyx. One anther nearly twice as 

 Jong as the other, without pollen above the middle. Ovules 2. Pod about 

 1 m. long. Seeds with a testa marked with londtudinal rows of glandular 

 pots and becoming swollen and pulpy when ^odkedi.—L.diversifoUa, Meissn. 

 VI ^^' P^eiss. i. 23 J Lindl. and Paxt. Fl. Gard. t. 52 ; L hij^undata, Paxt. 

 ^^^%^ X. 150, with a fiffv 





W-. Awstralia. King George's Sound to Swan River, A. Cunningham, Eraser, Bnegel, 

 ^nmmond, 1st Coll. n. 161, Preiss, n. 1027, and others; ilurchisou river, Oldfeld. 



4. L. rupestris, ^gew^A. in Mitch. Trap, 'juslr. 3^3. A small liard 

 "*''y shrub, the branches pubescent or at length glabrous. Leaflets in some 

 jPecmiens mostly 3-foliolate, the terminal oile linear-oblong, 1 to 2 in. long, 

 comc-eous, with a pungent point, the lateral ones much smaller, in other spe- 

 cimens most Or all digitate, with 3 or 5 less unequal leaflets, without any com- 

 j?on petiole. Eacemes short dense and few-flowered. Sepals 4-, about 2^ 

 "fies long. Petals about the same length. Anthers both nearly of the same 

 «ze, scarcely shorter than the petals. Ovules 2. Pod short, acuminate, fre- 



4uently-i.seeded only, but not seen ripe.— X. diaitata, Beuth. in Mitch. Trop. 

 Austr. 273. r rf 



Queensland. Sandstone rot-ks and ravines aLout Monnt Pluto, Mitchell; Newcastle 



